Thank you every one for your concern and I apologize for not updating you guys sooner. As with most news that we've been hearing these past few days, we get Good News and Bad News. The Good News is that the optic nerves are present! The biggest concern was that these were not present which would be a sure case of blindness. The Bad News is that they found a cataract in her left eye and that the nerves were underdeveloped. There is no immediate need for surgery, but the doctors want to monitor the cataract closely along with the underdeveloped optic nerves. The doctors also found low levels of endocrine which is indicative of a possible Pituatary Gland defect. They want to be 100% sure that this isn't an issue because it is life threatning the minute she gets an infection so they are going to run more tests to rule that out. If all goes well, they acticpate us getting to take her home this Friday.
We still don't know long term affects of her hydrocephaly. Reagan is considered high risk for developmental delays so they are putting her (and us) on different programs that help identify developmental problems in the early years of her life. For now we are considering ourselves blessed to have such a beautiful baby. Regardless of the outcome of it all, we thank Jesus for the miracle of life and the healing that has already taken place.
Thank you everyone for your prayers and concern. Your support means a lot to us!
4 comments:
what a sweet sweet baby little gracie is! she will always be in our prayers. love you guys.
Love her. Looking forward to meeting your newest angel.
she's a teeny tiny baby!!
congrats on the arrival of your beautiful little martinez girl! we will be praying for her!
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